Appalachian State's announcement Sunday that 24-year head coach Jerry Moore
will not return next season continued what usually is a busy time of the year,
when schools are conducting national searches to replace fired or retiring
coaches or those moving on to other schools.

The weekend began with Jacksonville State athletic director Warren Koegel
announcing Jack Crowe was released from the remaining two years of his
contract. The Gamecocks posted an 87-57 record and won three Ohio Valley
Conference championships during Crowe's 13 seasons, but they failed to make the
FCS playoffs this year for a second straight season.

Indiana State's Trent Miles was hired this weekend to replace the retiring Bill
Curry at Georgia State as the Panthers begin their transition from the FCS to
FBS level. Miles led Indiana State's once-moribound program to three straight
winning records the last three years.

The Appalachian State change was surprising considering the legendary Moore
wanted to return for another season next year. He is out as the winningest
coach in Southern Conference history, having posted a 215-87 record, 10
conference titles and three straight NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) national
championship seasons from 2005-07 during his tenure.